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Captured ship: St Rosalia of Barcelona (master Francisco Rois or Rodriguez). History:...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/150/8

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Reference
HCA 32/150/8
Date
1739
Description

Captured ship: St Rosalia of Barcelona (master Francisco Rois or Rodriguez).

History: a Spanish ship (abandoned by her crew), bound from Barcelona to a port in Galicia, laden with 1,500 quintals of gunpowder; taken on 9/20 August 1739 in latitude 38°N by HMS Oxford (James Compton commanding), and brought into Lisbon.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1-CP 3]: three examinations, commissioners' affidavit, release, docket;
  • [CP 4]: allegation;
  • [CP 5-CP 6]: attestation as to papers, and abstracts and translations of 3 of the ship's papers.

Ships Papers numbered SP 1-SP 12, letter of marque, letters, orders, port papers, bill of lading.

[Decision: condemned as prize, 29 April 1740]

Note
Extra information from HCA 30/775/2
Related material

See also IND 1/9022, f221v

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English and Spanish
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14513862/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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